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About 65 million combined viewers watched a pair of NFL games on Netflix on Christmas Day to set streaming records. The matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers scored an average of 24.1 million viewers, and the Baltimore Ravens’ win over the Houston Texans averaged 24.3 million viewers, making the games the most streamed NFL games in U.S. history, according to Nielsen, a Thursday statement from the NFL said.
“Fans in all 50 states and over 200 countries around the world watched some of the league’s brightest stars along with a dazzling performance by Beyoncé in a historic day for the NFL,' said Hans Schroeder, NFL executive vice president of media distribution, in the Netflix statement. Netflix and the NFL have a three-season partnership to broadcast Christmas games, Netflix said.
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